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Acer, Starbreeze, Microsoft and IMAX Discuss VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On Thursday April 27thAcer had its annual Next@Acer product introduction and technology event at the IMax theater on Broadway at 67th Street in New York. This theater has the largest screen of any IMax …

Tags:Acer| Augmented Reality| IMAX| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Cinematography, HDR and Waveform Monitors

by Matthew Brennesholtz

A lot of the coverage of High Dynamic Range (HDR) for both the cinema and home TV has focused on one of two things: Standards for HDR content. Much of the focus here has …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Video Editing & Production| Vol 24 - Issue 15

eMagin Needs Direct Patterned OLED Microdisplays for AR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dr. Evan Donoghue of eMagin recently gave a talk for the SID Mid-Atlantic Chapter (SID-MAC) on eMagin’s direct patterned OLED microdisplays. These microdisplays are primarily targeted at head mounted displays, especially see-through augmented reality …

Tags:eMagin| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

eMagin Develops Night Vision Systems

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dan Cui, Chief Marketing Officer for eMagin’s HMD Division, recently gave a talk to the SID Mid-Atlantic Chapter (SID-MAC) on his division. Dan has been working in the HMD/VR/AR business since 1997 when he …

Tags:eMagin| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Ford & Dassault Systèmes Produce “Mustang over Manhattan”

by Matthew Brennesholtz

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mustang, Ford did a VR recreation of a stunt they first performed 50 years ago and repeated as part of the 50th anniversary celebration: they put a …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Perovskite Processing Goes Roll-to-Roll

by Matthew Brennesholtz

A research group in the Netherlands has has announced the development of roll-to-roll (R2R) processing of perovskites for solar cells. This system has produced solar cells with an efficiency of 12.6%, a record for …

Tags:Holst Centre| IMEC| OLED Fabs| Perovskite| Solar Panels| Solution Processing| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Immy to Develop MicroLED-based HMD for AR & VR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Immy Inc. has developed the Immy Neo iC 60 see-through HMD, initially for augmented reality (AR) applications but follow-on units will eventually be usable for virtual reality (VR) applications as well. This unit is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| MicroLED| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11

The Alien Invasion is Coming to Six Flags

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The survival of the planet is at stake. Your mission: to wage an epic battle against alien ships. To do this you have to leave the comfort of your living room and venture onto …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Toys and Displays in New York

by Matthew Brennesholtz

This year’s New York Toy Fair, the 114th, was held February 18 – 21 at the Jacob Javits convention center in Manhattan. The focus of the Toy Fair is selling toys. Not at retail, …

Tags:BYOD| Embedded Pico Projectors| Toys| Vol 24 - Issue 09

LED Videowalls at ISE

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Last time I was at ISE (2014), the giant ribbon over the main entrance was driven by ten edge-blended Barco HDQ-2K40 projectors, a sight to warm the heart of any dedicated projector engineer. In …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Glasses-free 3D from Dimenco

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dimenco B.V. was showing their new 65”, 8K, glasses-free 3D display at ISE, along with a new UltraHD 85” display and their older UltraHD displays. All the displays had 28 zones so it wasn’t …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Dimenco| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Other Projectors at ISE 2017

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Casio, like many other projector manufacturers, introduced a 4K lamp-free projector at ISE, the XJ-8300HN, which the company says is targeted at large venues. Well, relatively large or medium sized. Since the projector only …

Tags:Casio| Hitachi| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vivitek| Vol 24 - Issue 06